Tag: Jawaharlal Nehru University

Via PTI

NEW DELHI: The Union schooling ministry on Tuesday sought a document from the Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU) relating to violence on its campus on Ram Navami, whilst the school’s scholars’ union demanded an unbiased judicial inquiry into the topic.

Two scholar teams clashed on the college’s Kaveri Hostel on Sunday allegedly over serving of non-vegetarian meals in its mess of the festive day, with police announcing 20 scholars had been injured.

Former JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, who’s recently the chairman of the College Grants Fee (UGC), mentioned that violence of any type on college campuses must be have shyed away from.

The teams have lodged police proceedings towards each and every different, whilst JNU government claimed the violence came about after some scholars objected to a ‘hawan’, an statement additionally made via RSS-affiliate Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

Then again, the JNU Scholars Union (JNUSU), which is led via Left-affiliated outfits, has alleged that ABVP participants attacked scholars whilst opposing the serving of non-vegetarian meals within the mess.

Police might be recording the statements of the sufferers as soon as the placement calms down, a senior officer mentioned.

Pupil our bodies protested outdoor the Jamia Millia Islamia towards what transpired at JNU and to call for that meals possible choices can’t be imposed on other folks within the title of Ram Navami.

“No longer simplest in JNU however there was once violence on Ram Navami in states like Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. You can not dictate what other folks must consume and impose your meals possible choices on them,” mentioned a protester.

At JNU, its scholar’s union led a delegation to fulfill the college’s vice-chancellor Shantishree Dhulipudi Pandit to position forth its calls for however may now not meet her.

Safety officers have requested it to position in a proper request for an appointment with the vice-chancellor.

The delegation demanded that the college withdraw its remark issued on April 11 (Monday) by which it mentioned that the conflict broke out on Sunday after some scholars objected to a ‘hawan’ performed “peacefully” at the instance of Ram Navami.

Claiming that the violence on the Kaveri Hostel has its beginnings within the arbitrary call for of prohibition of non-vegetarian foods on the hostel mess via a bunch of scholars, the delegation mentioned that it’s been corroborated via the related hostel committee and mess committee participants.

“Then again, the similar scholars who raised this call for and violently disrupted the functioning of the mess, who’re additionally related to the ABVP, have resorted to spreading a story of disruption of havan within the hostel premises, a declare this is neither supported via the hostel or mess committee,” learn a remark via the JNUSU.

It mentioned that “this can be very shameful” that the click remark launched via the JNU management on Monday counseled the model of the ABVP “with out the behavior of any legit enquiry”.

“Such partisan beef up of a unmarried narrative is changing into of a school management and subsequently, we call for that the the click remark launched via the JNU management on April 11 be rescinded forthwith,” the remark mentioned.

The scholars’ frame demanded that the JNU management take swift motion at the factor and take view of the topic in a loose and truthful approach.

“Then again, it’s with excessive feel sorry about that we will have to observe that the movements of the JNU management have both fallen in need of the expectancies of the scholar neighborhood or been partisan in nature,” it mentioned.

Noting that there are justified doubts in regards to the competency of an inside enquiry within the topic, they call for that the JNU management both pursue for the behavior of an judicial inquiry into the topic or represent a committee with a serving or retired pass judgement on of the top court docket because the chair for investigation.

“The committee must give a decision to assemble all testimonies and proof, meet with the aggrieved events, and unlock the document and proposals to the general public in a time-bound approach.

It’s been increasingly more seen that the superiority of politically motivated violence within the campus is changing into a norm somewhat than the exception,” the JNUSU mentioned.

In the meantime, Afzal Ahmed, a meat dealer, who has been supplying meat to the college’s hostels’ mess for the ultimate 25-30 years claimed that he had gained a decision on Sunday morning asking him to not provide meat to the Kaveri Hostel at the instance of Ram Navami.

Ahmed mentioned, “At the morning of April 10, I were given a decision from some JNU scholars asking me to not provide meat to the Kaveri Hostel. I advised them that I had gained the order on April 9.” “However they threatened me announcing if I equipped meat to the hostel, they’d make certain that I’m really not in a position to offer meat to different JNU hostels. I advised them I will be able to come down and call them,” he advised PTI.

Police team of workers were deployed handiest out of doors the campus until now whilst the safety within the campus is being looked after via the college's safety guards.